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Ghasem Karimi, children's author and editor is announced by the Community of Children's Publishers as the secretary of the 5th Best Children Books Festival.

This year, the 5th Festival begins sooner than its earlier editions. As many as 250 children's publishers have bid to attend the festival.

So far, 66 publishers have submitted some 1140 book titles to the secretariat of the festival.

The winners of the gala will be announced during October 2010.

Last year, six books were announced as the best by the festival while 29 titles were considered select books and 11 titles were announced as praiseworthy. The fifth festival is sponsored by the cultural department of the Guidance Ministry.